Console Top View
Console Front View
Setting Up Your Console
Set up your PlayStation® game console according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the power is off before inserting or removing a compact disc. Insert the NHL FaceOff 2000 disc and close the disk cover. Insert game controllers and turn on the PlayStation® game console. Follow on-screen instructions to start a game. Pregame Setup
Menu Navigation
From each menu, use the directional arrow pad (D-Pad) Up/Down to highlight the menu options and Left/Right to cycle through the available options.
Press to bring up the next menu or to return to a previous menu.
Rosters
The Rosters option allows you to make changes to every existing team roster in the NHL. You can also edit a team's lines.
A team's roster cannot exceed 20 players and must have at least 17 players, including at least two but no more than three goalies.
Line Editor
Line Editor allows you to change the players on any of your team's lines. You can substitute as many players as you want to all seven lines.
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D-Pad Left/Right to select a team.
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Press the L1/R1 buttons to cycle through the team's lines.
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To change a line, D-Pad Up/Down to select a player to take off of a line and press to lock him in. This will also move your cursor to the remaining team roster on the bottom part of the screen.
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D-Pad Up/Down to select a player from the team roster to put on that line and press to make the switch.
Player Cards
View a player's complete game stats and physical attributes.
Press to toggle between player stats and player attributes.
Injury Report
View player injuries that have occurred and the resulting time each player will be missing from his team's lineup.
Press to toggle between Team and League incidents.
Reset Rosters
Select this option to restore all rosters to include their original players.
Transactions
Use Transactions to change the makeup of your roster with trades, by creating and releasing players and by signing free agents.
Sign
Sign a player from the Free Agent Pool. Choose a player that you've created or choose one from a list of players that have been released from other teams.
There is a limit to the number of Free Agents that you can sign to a team. To make room on the roster for additional Free Agents, use the Release Player option.
Release Player
Release one or more players from any roster in the League. Remember, each team must have a minimum of 17 players on the roster. Released players go into the Free Agent Pool where they can be signed by other teams.
Trade Player
Make trades to add chemistry to your team during a push for the Playoffs or simply rid yourself of high-priced veterans to add youth to a team building for the future. A team may reject a trade or a trade can be nullified due to roster violations. Keep in mind that any player from any team can be released and then signed by another team.
Remember that you must have a minimum number of players at each position.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to scroll through the list of players and press to add a player(s) for the trade. Make multiple player selections if you wish.
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Press to move to the Team Select option for a second team.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a team.
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D-Pad Up/Down to scroll through the list of players and press to the trade.
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Press to complete the trade.
If a trade is nullified or refused, D-Pad to select a player(s) and press to pull him from the trade and try to trade a different player(s).
Create Player
Create an All-Star talent that can take control out on the ice or simply create yourself, using your name and physical attributes. All created players are added to the Free Agent Pool where they can be signed by any team. Remember that only 25 players can fit into the Free Agent Pool.
From the Create Player screen:
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D-Pad Up/Down to highlight a Player Name attribute.
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D-Pad Left/Right to choose a letter and press to select it. Press to back up and delete a letter(s).
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Press when done with naming your player.
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D-Pad Up/Down to select other attributes and then D-Pad Left/Right to edit them.
Continue to D-Pad to the right portion of the screen to customize your player skill levels. With only 450 points to distribute among these categories, be wise in your allocation of each point to provide maximum efficiency for each player. Goalies have only 400 points to allocate. Skill ratings range between 40 to 99 points.
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If more than one player has been created, press L1 or R1 to toggle through all created players.
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D-Pad Up/Down to an attribute and D-Pad Left/Right to increase/decrease the skill rating for that attribute.
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Press to create another player.
Options
Use the following options to control game attributes.